. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . pplies offorage could nol be furnished them at Dalton, it was necessary toBend about half of each of these arms >i u \\:. 841 army two regiments of State troops which were used to guard therailroad bridges between Dalton and Atlanta. (n February i ~111 the Pr< ordered me by telegraph to detach Lieutenant-Genera] Harder with the infantry of rps, ept Stevensons division, to aid Lieutenant General Polk against Sherman in Mississippi. This order was obeyed as promptly as our. GENERAL J. E. JOHNSTON. means of transportation permitted. The forc
. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . pplies offorage could nol be furnished them at Dalton, it was necessary toBend about half of each of these arms >i u \\:. 841 army two regiments of State troops which were used to guard therailroad bridges between Dalton and Atlanta. (n February i ~111 the Pr< ordered me by telegraph to detach Lieutenant-Genera] Harder with the infantry of rps, ept Stevensons division, to aid Lieutenant General Polk against Sherman in Mississippi. This order was obeyed as promptly as our. GENERAL J. E. JOHNSTON. means of transportation permitted. The force detached was prob-ably exaggerated to Major-General Thomas, for on the 23rd the Federal army advanced1 to Ringgold, on the 24th drove in our outposts,and on the 25th skirmished at Mill Creek Gap and in Crows Valley,east of the Rocky Face Mountain. We were successful at bothplaces. At the latter, Claytons brigade after a sharp action of halfan hour, defeated double its number. At night it was reported thata U. S. brigade was occupying Dug Gap, from which it had drivenour troops. Granburys (Texas) brigade returning from Missis-sippi, had just arrived. It was ordered to march to the foot of themountain immediately and to retake the gap at sunrise the next morning which was done. In the night of the 26th the enemy February 27th I suggested to the Fxecutive by letter through 342 BATTLES \M SKETCHES ai:my OF TENNESSEE. ieneral Bragg) that all preparations for a forward movement shouldbe made without further dela
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